Bridging the Gap - CORDIS and the Accession & Candidate Countries November 21, 2003 NIROC/IGLO, Brussels Bridging the Gap - CORDIS, Accession & Candidate Countries

CORDIS – a few facts CORDIS and the Candidate Countries today CORDIS and the new Member States tomorrow Introduction Interactivity on CORDIS – CORDIS Wire Introduction

CORDIS – a few facts CORDIS and the Candidate Countries today CORDIS and the new Member States tomorrow Introduction Interactivity on CORDIS – CORDIS Wire CORDIS – a few facts

CORDIS in numbers CORDIS is well established with the research and innovation community in over 150 countries viewed pages unique users downloaded documents Every month: CORDIS users: 82% are from Member States 9% are from Associated and Candidate Countries CORDIS – a few facts

UsersInformation providers Research organisations SMEs and large companies National administrations Policy makers Intermediaries Support organisations Journalists European Commission services External organisations Member States, Accession and Associated Countries Regional authorities Information flow on CORDIS CORDIS – a few facts

A great variety of information With this increased information flow, the CORDIS content is becoming more and more varied. - over projects - over 3000 contacts for advice & support (e.g. 600 incubators) - over 7000 partners profiles - over results - over ideas from research consultations (EoIs) Furthermore, CORDIS also provides detailed information on research policy and platforms for the creation and support of European networks. CORDIS – a few facts

CORDIS and the Candidate Countries today CORDIS and the new Member States tomorrow Introduction CORDIS – a few facts Interactivity on CORDIS – CORDIS Wire CORDIS and the Candidate Countries today

Map-Based Search – the Candidate Countries’ first address With its Map-Based Search, CORDIS was one of the first official websites to include the Candidate Countries in its services CORDIS and the Candidate Countries today

National services – Candidate Country portal The Accession and Candidate Countries are represented on a portal that allows a search on each country‘s Highlights FP4 and FP5 projects Technology offers Contacts CORDIS and the Candidate Countries today

Expressions of Interest – Partner search A special search for partners from Candidate Countries has been created to encourage the creation of networks between current and future Member States under FP6. CORDIS and the Candidate Countries today

CORDIS and the new Member States tomorrow Introduction CORDIS – a few facts CORDIS and the Candidate Countries today Interactivity on CORDIS – CORDIS Wire CORDIS and the new Member States tomorrow

National services – Member States services Member States all have a dedicated service, which contains information on: national policies financing schemes news and events contact details projects... and much more. CORDIS and the new Member States tomorrow

Regional services Regions can apply for a service, describing their R&D infrastructure, financing schemes, news and success stories. CORDIS and the new Member States tomorrow

CORDIS – a few facts CORDIS and the Candidate Countries today CORDIS and the new Member States tomorrow Interactivity on CORDIS – CORDIS Wire Introduction Interactivity on CORDIS – CORDIS Wire

CORDIS and interactivity There are two kinds of interactivity on CORDIS: ‘Passive‘ interactivity: - setting up of an alert under RAPIDUS and QuickPick - subscribe to CORDIS Express ‘Active‘ interactivity - creating a partners profile - submitting results to the Technology Marketplace - publishing (your) news, events and success stories on CORDIS Wire Interactivity on CORDIS – CORDIS Wire

CORDIS Wire The innovation and research information exchange platform on CORDIS open for diversified and specialized information releases in your own words alert content feed to other specialized CORDIS services Interactivity on CORDIS – CORDIS Wire

Interactivity on CORDIS – CORDIS Wire

Forthcoming events The CORDIS Wire events calendar was first created to provide NCPs with space for their event announcements. Now the calendar has become an attractive feature on CORDIS Wire. Interactivity on CORDIS – CORDIS Wire

Content feed into specialized CORDIS services Institution: Business IncubatorsSubject: Nanotechnology Interactivity on CORDIS – CORDIS Wire

CORDIS Wire – a user-driven service Improved system, allowing for an even more tailored user profile (including country selection etc) Interactive forum, where users can exchange opinions on selected subjects, controversial themes Content feed to other external services, such as the Innovation Portal Because of its interactive nature, CORDIS Wire has a great potential for development. Interactivity on CORDIS – CORDIS Wire

Further developments – search features Improved Search Feature An improved interface to facilitate the global search on CORDIS is currently under testing. It will make complete the search of all services and extend results to items from the Technology Marketplace and CORDIS Wire. Thematic indexing/classification – Autonomy Introduction of a thematic classification and search of CORDIS information. Possibility to index information sources beyond the CORDIS domain, e.g. ‘Europa’. Interactivity on CORDIS – CORDIS Wire